Health and Human Services Task Force

For model legislation crafted and adopted by the Health and Human Services Task Force, go here.

Health and Human Services Task Force:

Co-Chairs

 * Leah Vukmir (R-WI), Public Sector Chair
 * Marianne Eterno (Guarantee Trust Life Insurance), Private Sector Chair

Guarantee Trust Life Insurance is a company based in Glenview, IL that provides insurance to K-12 schools, community and junior colleges and universities as well as athletic groups, camps, child care, and special events. Guarantee Trust Life Insurance Company is a private company and does not publicize its annual revenue. Its website has the following information: $190 million in invested assets, $177 million in total liabilities, $131 million in total reserve for life policies and contracts, and accident and health policies, and $42 million in net surplus.

Corporate Executive Committee
(For-profit, Trade or Other Group)
 * Jeff A. Buel (Director of State Government Affairs, Johnson & Johnson)

Buel worked for Bristol-Myers Squibb and AstraZeneca before joining Johnson & Johnson in 2000. He represents Johnson & Johnson at PhRMA, the pharmaceutical industry's chief trade association, as New Mexico chair and Arizona vice chair. He lobbies for Johnson & Johnson in Arizona, Idaho, New Mexico and Utah.


 * Kristin Parde (Director of State Policy, PhRMA)

Parde is the PhRMA policy liaison to the southeast and midwest regions of the United States. She was previously the ALEC Civil Justice Task Force Director (a staff position) and managed ALEC's Disorder in the Court Project. She has also worked for the Institute for Justice."

Politicians

 * Charlice Byrd (R-GA)
 * Judson Hill (R-GA)
 * Linda Upmeyer (R-IA), Former Public Sector Chairperson
 * Renee Unterman (R-GA)

Staff

 * Christie Herrera, Director
 * Monica Mastracco, Legislative Assistant
 * Dave Myslinski, Former Legislative Assistant

ALEC Health Care Task Force in 1993
For reference, the National Task Force on Health Care in 1993 (when ALEC members fought Hillary Clinton's health reform effort) included:


 * Co-Chairman Rep. Tom Wilder (GA)
 * Corporate Co-Chairman Spencer Hathaway (Syntex Laboratories, Inc.)
 * Legislative Director Molly Hering
 * Legislative Assistant Barbara Perez

Politicians

 * Rep. Steve McDaniels (R-TN)
 * Rep. David Hale (MO)
 * Rep. Pat Blake (R-AZ)
 * Rep. Howard Hendrick (R-OK)
 * Rep. Dale Van Vyven (R-OH, deceased 2010)
 * Sen. Jim Neal (DE)
 * Rep. Karen Steele (VT)

Corporate, Trade Group, or other Group Members

 * CIBA-GEIGY
 * Industrial Biotechnology Association
 * Nationwide Insurance
 * National Association for Home Care
 * Solvay Pharmaceutical
 * National Business Association
 * Hoffman-LaRoche
 * Council for Affordable Health Insurance
 * The Traveler's Companies
 * PFL Life Insurance Company
 * Georgia Medical Assocation
 * National Health Insurance
 * Schering-Plough (since acquired by Merck)
 * General Electric Medical Systems
 * Humana Corporation
 * Nonprescription Drug Manufacturers Association
 * Texas Medical Association
 * Hoechst-Roussell Pharmaceutical Corporation
 * Burroughs Wellcome (now GlaxoSmithKline)
 * Johnson & Johnson
 * Rhone-Poulene Rourer
 * Parke-Davis
 * Glaxo, Inc. (now GlaxoSmithKline)
 * Association of Health Insurance Agents
 * Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association (now the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America, or PhRMA)
 * Health Insurance Association of America (merged with American Association of Health Plans in 2003 to become America’s Health Insurance Plans or AHIP)
 * National Association of the Self-Employed
 * National Federation of Independent Businesses
 * Genentech, Inc.
 * Imperial Chemical Industries Pharmaceuticals (acquired by AkzoNobel in January 2008)
 * Merck, Sharp & Dohme
 * The UpJohn Company (now Pharmacia AB)
 * Boehringer Ingelheim
 * The MEGA Life and Health Insurance Company
 * Mylan Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
 * Golden Rule Insurance
 * Lederle Laboratories
 * Long Term Care, Inc.
 * Wallace Laboratories
 * Central Reserve Life

Task Force "Advisors"

 * Prof. Leonard "Jack" Nelson (Cumberland Law School)
 * Ed Haislmaier (Senior Research Fellow in Health Policy Studies at the Heritage Foundation, and a member of the board of directors of the National Center for Public Policy Research)
 * Wendell Cox (then the ALEC Director of State Legislation and Policy, and in 2011 Senior Fellow of Urban Growth and Transit Policy at the Heartland Institute )
 * Jimmy Mason (Senior Advisor, Office of Intergovernmental Affairs, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)

Legislative Members

 * Rep. Ron Johnson (AL)
 * Rep. Bill Filanle (CA)
 * Sen. Herman Holloway (DE)
 * Rep. David Thomas (FL)
 * Rep. Evan Frasure (ID)
 * Sen. Patricia Miller (IN)
 * Rep. Susan Stokes (KY)
 * Rep. William Constantino (MA)
 * Rep. Tony Onnen (MN)
 * Rep. Jim Barnett (MS)
 * Rep. Fred Thomas (MT)
 * Rep. Mary Holmes (NH)
 * Sen. Tarky Lombardi (NY)
 * Sen. Donna Nalewaja (ND)
 * Rep. Robert Netzley (OH)
 * Sen. Ron Peterson (PA)
 * Rep. Joan Quick (RI)
 * Rep. Walt Bain (VT)
 * Del. Steve Martin (VA)
 * Rep. Peggy Rosenzweig (WI)
 * Rep. Les Bowren (WY)
 * Sen. Jan Brewer (AZ)
 * Rep. Philip Pankey (CO)
 * Rep. George Albright (FL)
 * Rep. Anne Mueller (GA)
 * Rep. Donna Jones (ID)
 * Rep. Dolores Mertz (IA)
 * Sen. Gerry Hinton (LA)
 * Rep. Carl Gnodtke (MI)
 * Rep. Dorothy Cole (MS)
 * Rep. Bonnie Sue Cooper (MO)
 * Rep. David Humke (NV)
 * Rep. Nicholas Felice (NJ)
 * Rep. Theresa Esposito (NC)
 * Rep. Ken Svedjan (ND)
 * Rep. Mary Fallin (OK)
 * Rep. Donald Snyder (PA)
 * Rep. Edward Marrapese (RI)
 * Sen. John Holgren (VT)
 * Sen. James West (WA)
 * Rep. Gregg Underheim (WI)
 * Rep. Rick Tempest (WY)
 * Rep. Bob Watts (AR)
 * Sen. George "Doc" Gunther (CT)
 * Rep. Dennis Jones (FL)
 * Sen. Stan Koki (HI)
 * Rep. Manny Hoffman (IL)
 * Sen. Dick Roeding (KY)
 * Del. Martha Klima (MD)
 * Rep. Dave Gruenes (MN)
 * Sen. Robert G. Huggins (MS)
 * Rep. Mike Foster (MT)
 * Sen. Ray Rawson (NV)
 * Sen. Anthony Williams (NM)
 * Rep. Richard Morgan (NC)
 * Sen. Grace Drake (OH)
 * Sen. Bob Shoemaker (OR)
 * Rep. Dave King (PA)
 * Rep. Jack Harris (TX)
 * Sen. Steven Rees (UT)
 * Sen. Leonard Anderson (WV)
 * Rep. Frank Urban (WI)
 * Sen. Gail Zimmerman (WY)